Xperia Home To Enter Maintenance Phase; Beta To Close In A Few Weeks

June 12, 2018

The Sony Mobile developers behind Xperia Home have today confirmed that they will no longer be actively developing the home launcher going forward. This news follows a similar fate that befell the Xperia Weather app. It's certainly a shame how Sony is shuttering so many apps/services for the Xperia range.

The devs said that a "business decision has been taken that our current launcher, Xperia Home should enter maintenance phase". So do not expect any more new features – the maintenance phase will continue for "as long as deemed necessary" according to the devs. Due to this news the Xperia Home beta community will also be shutdown in a few weeks.

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